Device, vehicle and method for detecting a collision of an object on a collision location detection region of a vehicle

US7525416B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventor

• Gerhard Mader · Thalmässing, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2005
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 26, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/0136
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The device includes a first and a second structural parameter for a first or a second hollow body. At least one of the parameters changes along the collision location detection region in such a way that the quotient and/or the difference between the two signals of the sensors essentially continuously increases or decreases when the same object collides at the same speed in different collision locations. Suitable parameters are, for example, the cross-sectional surface of a hollow body or the rigidity thereof.